Improvement in sleeping-cars



UNITED STATES lPATENT OEEIoE.

CHARLES C. CONVERSE, OF ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN SLEEPING-CARS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N0. 2l 3,279, dated March 18, 1879; application filed August 21, 1878.

To all whom 'it may concern: Be it known that I, CHARLES C. CONVERSE Vof Eriefin the county of Erie and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a certain Improvement in Sleeping-Cars, of which the following is a specication: A

My invention is designed for the more effectual protection of persons while occupying berths in sleeping-cars.

It consists in securing the outer side of the berth by means of wire-cloth screens, so as to prevent the intrusion of thieves or other unauthorized persons.

The screens are fastened in front of the berths in any appropriate manner, the wireeloth being secured to frames which slide upon each other like window-frames, thus affording the means of access and egress to and from the berths.

The accompanying drawing presents a front elevation of a section of a sleeping-ear having my screens applied to one ofthe berths.

A and B are, respectively, upper and lower berths. D and C are two frames having wirecloth stretched upon the same. The frame D is fastened to the front of the berth in any convenient manner, so that it can be readily detached when it is desired to fold up the berths in order to put the car in condition for day use. The frame C slides inside the frame D, so that it may be opened for convenience in getting in and out of the berth, and it may.

be fastened by means of a bolt, lock, and key, or otherV suitable fastening. may be applied to either or both upper and lower berths.

I do not Wish to be understood as confining myself to sliding frames, as it is evident that they might be hinged to the partitions at the head or front of the berths, or to any conventhe outside, it makes a safe place for keeping valuables when the berth is not occupied.

What I claim as my invention is In combination with-a sleeping-oar berth, the frames C and D, covered with wire-cloth for screening and securing the front of the berths, substantially as set forth.

CHARLES C. CONVERSE.

Witnesses SELDEN MARVIN, S. E. CARPENTER.

These frames 

